remember in "Contact", "they shoulda sent a poet?" CANADA DID!

[Darren Dirt]

Quotable Chris Hadfield inspires stellar cartoon


Comic: "An astronaut's advice"

[Mr. Analog]

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[Thorin]

Yeah, that's a nice quote, "Don't let life randomly kick you into the adult you don't want to become."

[Darren Dirt]

Make that poet AND musical performer...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/05/13/183579174/space-oddity-in-space-yes-astronauts-are-still-the-coolest-humans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo


Chris is the man, represented -- and inspired -- Canada so well.



PS: forum is LAGGY-slow today, like "10-20 second delay no matter what action was clicked" slow.

[Mr. Analog]

Man! I posted that link everywhere but HERE

So yeah, another Canadian first! First music video in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

[Melbosa]

Yeah was well done as well!

[Darren Dirt]

Noo doot aboot it!

[Mr. Analog]

I SEEN THE H?OOOOLE THING

[Lazybones]

Ya I saw the space oddity video then proceeded to watch all the related videos on youtube for a few hours

[Thorin]

Look up the canadianspaceagency youtube channel, there's all kinds of good videos there, like Cmdr Hadfield wringing out a wet cloth in space.

[Thorin]

Commander Chris Hadfield talking to William Shatner, and here's an interesting point Cmdr Hadfield makes: http://youtu.be/f1ro4zkw-LA?t=11m02s

Think about the stuff that was portrayed on television 40 years ago of people with a small handheld device standing on the surface of a planet, talking to someone effortlessly who's orbiting that planet.  That's what you and I are doing that right now!

We have indeed come quite far since Star Trek was first shown on TV...

[Mr. Analog]

That's for sure, however miniskirt technology has fallen way behind the 60s...

Did you see the one where Chris showed what happens if you cry in space? Like all these simple things that you never think of.

Brushing your teeth too!

It's been a fun trip to watch vicariously.

[Lazybones]

Yes, I watched nearly all of his as well as some others from the US.

I like is demonstration of the barf bags and the YouTube hangout one where the chief medical officer demonstrates reorientating him self by ratcheting motion like a cat.

[Darren Dirt]

Look up the canadianspaceagency youtube channel, there's all kinds of good videos there, like Cmdr Hadfield wringing out a wet cloth in space.

What's even cooler is at the end, the way the water stays on the back of his like some kind of liqui-gel, sloshing forward and back but not "falling" off.

Did you see the one where Chris showed what happens if you cry in space?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36xhtpw0Lg

Commander Chris Hadfield talking to William Shatner, and here's an interesting point Cmdr Hadfield makes:

Think about the stuff that was portrayed on television 40 years ago of people with a small handheld device standing on the surface of a planet, talking to someone effortlessly who's orbiting that planet.  That's what you and I are doing that right now!

I doubt back then Captain Shat could have imagined Cmdr Hadfield being able to participate in this magic musical experience...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvAnfi8WpVE (face-to-face rehearsal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ot3iWrGy1s )

[Darren Dirt]

a final list of many of the proud moments for Canada, summarized via the Chris Hadfield Appreciation Society aka CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/05/five-things-chris-hadfield-did-that-amazed-us.html


my personal fave:
in Soviet Russia, bread comes in a "pill" form!